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TY - JOUR
T1 - Local policies to tackle a national problem
T2 - comparative qualitative case studies of an English local authority alcohol availability intervention
AU - Egan, Matt
AU - Brennan, Alan
AU - Buykx, Penny
AU - De Vocht, Frank
AU - Gavens, Lucy
AU - Grace, Daniel
AU - Halliday, Emma
AU - Hickman, Matthew
AU - Holt, Vivien
AU - Mooney, John D.
AU - Lock, Karen
N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Health and Place. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Health and Place, 41, 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.06.007
PY - 2016/9
Y1 - 2016/9
N2 - Cumulative impact policies (CIPs) are widely used in UK local government to help regulate alcohol markets in localities characterised by high density of outlets and high rates of alcohol related harms. CIPs have been advocated as a means of protecting health by controlling or limiting alcohol availability. We use a comparative qualitative case study approach (n=5 English local government authorities, 48 participants) to assess how CIPs vary across different localities, what they are intended to achieve, and the implications for local-level alcohol availability. We found that the case study CIPs varied greatly in terms of aims, health focus and scale of implementation. However, they shared some common functions around influencing the types and managerial practices of alcohol outlets in specific neighbourhoods without reducing outlet density. The assumption that this will lead to alcohol harm-reduction needs to be quantitatively tested.
AB - Cumulative impact policies (CIPs) are widely used in UK local government to help regulate alcohol markets in localities characterised by high density of outlets and high rates of alcohol related harms. CIPs have been advocated as a means of protecting health by controlling or limiting alcohol availability. We use a comparative qualitative case study approach (n=5 English local government authorities, 48 participants) to assess how CIPs vary across different localities, what they are intended to achieve, and the implications for local-level alcohol availability. We found that the case study CIPs varied greatly in terms of aims, health focus and scale of implementation. However, they shared some common functions around influencing the types and managerial practices of alcohol outlets in specific neighbourhoods without reducing outlet density. The assumption that this will lead to alcohol harm-reduction needs to be quantitatively tested.
KW - Alcohol
KW - Neighbourhood environment
KW - Public health
KW - Case study
U2 - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.06.007
DO - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.06.007
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27419612
VL - 41
SP - 11
EP - 18
JO - Health and Place
JF - Health and Place
SN - 1353-8292
ER -